Strategic Engagement & Project Management professional with proven success in driving complex, enterprise-level programs through strategic risk mitigation and transparent stakeholder reporting, and measurable client impact. Proven change agent who excels at turning chaotic requirements into streamlined, value-driven solutions to optimize project governance and team autonomy. Native speaker of Spanish.
Program Manager I Change Agent I Master Organizer I Transformer of Processes and Culture I Ninja at Turning Chaos into Calm and Elevating Teams to Maximize their Potential I Fluent in Spanish & Emotional Intelligence
Work History
Consultant
7 Months
Straight Arrow Consulting | 03.2025 - 10.2025
Highlights: VantagePoint & Deltek Software Development
Optimized project performance for VantagePoint and Deltek software development by identifying suboptimal workflows and proposing actionable, data-driven solutions.
Strengthened client relations through proactive communication and regular check-ins, ensuring 100% alignment between technical deliverables and business goals.
Liaised between technical teams and sales to translate customer requirements into scalable project solutions.
Technical Program Manager & Scrum Master
6 Months
STATE STREET CORP. | 01.2024 - 07.2024
Highlights: IT Asset Management Program, PMO Governance Process & Template Setup
Streamlined & accelerated audit closure by executing all planning phase tasks for an Enterprise IT Asset Management Program under an aggressive regulatory timeline.
Standardized PMO Governance by establishing new methodologies and reporting templates, improving transparency across IT, Finance, Legal, Risk & Compliance teams.
Facilitated high-stakes brainstorming sessions with vendors and senior leadership to drive accountability and cross-functional consensus.
Led the end-to-end delivery of the Vault program, unifying global teams and external vendors to execute a global release aligned with rigorous engineering benchmarks and corporate objectives.
Develop program plans, critical path, milestones, RACI, and managed procurement activities. Engineered risk mitigation strategies and key metrics for program dashboards, successfully managing reporting across 1st, 2nd, & 3rd lines of defense to drive audit findings to closure.
Cultivated senior-level partnerships across Technology & Business units, facilitating cross-functional collaboration to align complex business requirements with project scope, budget, and delivery timelines to avoid conflicts.
Achieved 100% scope adherence for Azure Policy alignment through strategic collaboration with Microsoft and internal dev teams.
Accelerated compliance goals by directing EOL server decommissioning and cyber policy engineering projects.
Optimized Agile delivery by facilitating backlog refinement, removing blockers, and tracking Sprint metrics to ensure security-critical milestones were met.
Cyber Security Program Manager U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
1 Year 3 Months
LEIDOS INC. | 09.2019 - 12.2020
Highlights: Enterprise Vulnerability Program & PMO Governance.
Established and led the Enterprise Vulnerability PMO, directing a team of 3 project managers to develop scalable delivery models that transformed suboptimal workflows into high-performance security initiatives.
Institutionalized enterprise governance by aligning vulnerability program tasks with EVMS objectives, driving a significant increase in reporting precision and stakeholder accountability.
Cloud Security TPM & Scrum Master
1 Year
STATE STREET CORP | 09.2018 - 09.2019
Highlights: Cloud Security & Compliance & Cloud Operations, Scrum Master for SRE & DevOps Teams
Resolved complex stakeholder conflicts, aligning diverse departmental goals to meet aggressive Cloud Security and Compliance targets.
Optimized Cloud Compliance transparency by designing goal-visibility schedules and owning all project dashboards for accurate PMO reporting.
Drove organizational efficiency by engineering process improvements for both Waterfall & Agile workstreams, resulting in streamlined project lifecycles and significantly increasing team autonomy & communication effectiveness.
Information Security Program Manager
1 Year 2 Months
CITY OF HOPE | 05.2017 - 07.2018
Highlights: Payment Card Industry (PCI) Program & IT Asset Management Program
Directed InfoSec programs and established high-efficiency reporting protocols for senior leadership.
Boosted executive confidence by aligning operational reporting with CTO requirements to highlight vulnerability remediation success.
Secured stakeholder consensus on the InfoSec roadmap, aligning multi-component security goals with enterprise strategy.
Led the recovery of a high-risk PCI project, designing a turnaround roadmap that achieved all Legal, Risk and Compliance & audit objectives.
Enterprise Information Security, Senior Project Manager